(LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Strickland has apologized for church closures during COVID lockdowns, saying he was “duped.”
Strickland made the comments in response to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Crisis Editor-in-Chief Eric Sammons.
“I wish our bishops knew the spiritual blessings that would be unleashed on the Church by a simple and sincere public apology for shutting down public Masses during COVID,” Sammons wrote on Saturday.
“Eric, I offer my apology as you have requested, I was duped by the media hype and should have been stronger,” the bishop emeritus of Tyler, Texas, wrote on X. “[Let] us pray for all shepherds to have stronger supernatural faith as we face more challenges in the future. May Christ be our Light in whatever darkness we face.” ….
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